Paul G. Vitale is a retired Foreign Service Officer who served in Latin America and Washington, D.C. after an initial introduction to overseas living as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador.

Trained as a city planner, he worked with both USAID and Peace Corps on urban programs including low income housing and related services. He also served on Peace Corps staff in urban development in the nation's capital, and subsequently spent a decade as an Adjunct Professor teaching world urbanization at the University of Oregon.

He is co-founder of Endangered Threads Documentaries, treasurer of the corporation's board of directors, and logistics manager in the field.